Still the One

Joan Reeves

Burke needs a wife, but he didn't have his ex in mind for the job! Ally and Burke are trapped in a marriage of IN-convenience that proves love and passion never dies – it just smolders until you toss gasoline on it. The gasoline? An arrangement that requires Ally to pose as Burke's wife.

With a cagey grandfather pulling Burke's strings and a savvy grandmother manipulating Ally, the two lovers face the past to discover the truth about love and passion.

Throw in a pretend boyfriend and a scorned bride-to-be for a rollicking good time – Texas style! Sassy, sexy, and funny!

Still the One

Derailed

Angela Kay Austin

When you’re given away by people who are supposed to love you forever, it makes it hard to believe love and family really exist.

JoAn Fentress thought the military would take care of her the way her family never did, but that didn’t happen. Homeless on the streets of Memphis, TN, she walked through the only open door she could find, and it changed her life.

Jeremy Hooks needed only to smile, and the world gave him whatever he asked. Eventually, people stop partying, right…especially when they’re threatened. He has one more chance to prove himself before he loses everything.

Derailed

The Doctor and the War Widow

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        The Doctor and the War Widow

Author: Viola Russell
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary Romance
Buy: Red Rose Publishing

Excerpt:

“I can’t believe you’re a Republican.” Harley said the words without rancor and gaped, mouth open. She’d seen Abisi through most of June. They were sitting on the couch in her living room on Fourth of July weekend, sipping wine. Nico lay at Harley’s feet, snoring. He occasionally flicked at a fly that buzzed around him with his bushy tail. Harley had opened her windows so they could appreciate the breeze blowing even on a balmy New Orleans night.

“It’s political.” Abisi drew her closer and took a sip of wine.

“How so?” Harley followed his gaze as he took her in. She could sense his desire, and she’d dressed to encourage it. Spaghetti strap flowered blouse, diaphanous wraparound skirt, and white sandals. She’d seen her stylist the day before and had added the auburn tints that drew stares. His arms were strong as he clasped her shoulders.

Sky Tinted Water

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              Sky Tinted Water

Author: Keta Diablo
Genre: Mainstream/Historical Romance
Buy: Amazon

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Rory and Isabelle attempt to help Jane deliver her first born

Rory returned to the bedchamber to Isabelle's soft. "Jane, can you hear me?"

Garbled words spilled forth.

Rory gasped. "Isabelle, blood, it's everywhere!”

Isabelle swiveled her neck toward the bed. "Dear, God."

Crimson's stains fanned out on the white sheets like ripples in the water. Rory's stomach somersaulted. "Do something . . . anything."

"I think we're too late. Her pelvis is narrow and the babe is lodged in the birth canal.”

Rory hugged her elbows. "Is she going to die?"

"I have to get the baby out. If I don't act now, we'll lose them both."

Perfect Partners

Stephanie Cage

Eight years ago Lisa’s first love Redmond left London for a summer on the cruise ships and never came back. Lisa thinks nowadays she’s ready for anything, but when Redmond returns with a proposal, she’s not ready for what he’s suggesting.

Redmond wants Lisa to pose as his girlfriend so they can compete in a TV competition as partners both on and off the dance floor. Winning would take the performance of a lifetime, but with the sizzling tension between them, they might pull it off. But can Lisa’s broken heart take the strain?

Perfect Partners

Rogue's Hostage

Linda McLaughlin

The Pennsylvania frontier is wild, primitive and dangerous, where safety lies at the end of a gun. Mara Dupre's life crumbles when a French and Indian war party attacks her cabin, kills her husband, and she is taken captive. French lieutenant Jacques Corbeau's desire for his captive threatens what little honor he has left.

From the wilderness of Pennsylvania to the fall of Quebec, Mara and Jacques are thrust into the tumult of war and passion, relying each other to stay alive. Before the war ends, they will risk death, embrace life, and discover a love that transcends all bounds.

Rogue's Hostage

Bounty's End

AJ Williams

Thomas has reached a point in his life where he is done with bounty hunting. He is finally ready to take the step in following his dream and hopefully put his family back together. However, before that happens, he has to rescue his neighbor—the woman he has been lusting after—from unsuspecting danger that lurks at every corner.  

Wen has been in love with her neighbor, Thomas, for the last six months. Yet, with his schedule and her inability to welcome a new relationship, Wen is certain that her love will stay hidden. It does, until she learns that she’s being followed. Not wanting to intrude on her family, she calls Thomas.

Can Thomas rescue Wen and his dream? Or will danger permanently keep him from both?

 
Bounty's End

Cold Warriors

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              Cold Warriors

Author: Clare Dargin
Genre: Mainstream/Science Fiction Romance
Buy: Decadent Publishing

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Caitlin spun around, showing a face that lacked the sweet innocence he once knew. To him, she still looked just as beautiful to him as the day she left, even more so now. He hadn’t realized how much he had missed her until that moment.

“Sir, please, we are not to associate with one another,” she stated evenly and made her way toward the door.

Sir? Before, he could barely get the word “Colonel” out of her, now she was calling him “sir?” Keegan stepped in her path. His chest tightened and inner strength started to waiver. All the hope and dreams he held of this woman wavered on the edge. Had time dispelled the emotions he’d been sure he’d seen from her—felt from her?

“Why won’t you talk to me?” He placed his hand on her shoulder.

Sh** Kickers & Stilettos

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Sh** Kickers & Stilettos

Author: Rita Sawyer
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary Romance
Buy: Amazon
Excerpt:

“Dade, glad you’re here. I’m not sure if you two have met. Rosie this is your uncle’s assistant Dade Sebastian. Dade, this is Teddy’s niece Rosalind Crestmont.”

“Nice to see you again.” Rosie offered him her hand.

His big hand wrapped around hers. “You too.”

Rosie gasped more because she recognized his voice from when she arrived, than the tingle she felt from his touch. Both were enough to make her ease her hand out of his grip. She glanced down needing a second to get herself under control. Rosie noticed the shiny black and gray cowboy boots he had on and remembered that her uncle had a similar pair.

Hunting Heartbreak

Marie Hampton

On the flashy Las Vegas strip, Kasumi Yoshida tracks down her marks– assassinating gamblers who pay their loans with their lives. Business becomes scarce when a past lover and fellow Yakuza member betrays the honor system and rescues Kasumi’s future clients.

Her boss insists she works with Ryan to find the cause, but Kasumi becomes distracted by his arrogant charm. Kidnapping, torture, and betrayal allow the enemy to capture Kasumi, and she is forced to trust in friendship and love to free her from guilt so she can take her revenge.

Hunting Heartbreak

Like a Lily

Victoria Pitts-Caine

She decided long ago to be called Susan, not exactly the name her parents had given her, but the one she’d chosen...

When she first opens her dream shop, Susie’s Flowers, on a cold February morning, a new chapter in her life begins. She doesn’t anticipate it will include meeting the most eligible bachelor in tiny Winton Springs.

Then Ben Turner, the new minister at North Point, walks into Susan’s shop to order flowers for the Easter service.

She assumes he wants friendship. He’ll take that, for now, but when he discovers her real name, things change...

Like a Lily

The Beltane Choice

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Nancy Jardine

Banished from the priestess nemeton, Nara , a Selgovae princess, must choose a suitable mate before Beltane. Lorcan, an enemy Brigante prince, captures her, thwarting her plan. As armies of the Roman Empire march relentlessly northwards, Lorcan uses Nara as a marriage bargain between the Celtic tribes. Nara’s father agrees to an alliance between Selgovae and Brigante, but has impossible stipulations. Lorcan is torn between loyalty to his tribe and love for Nara. When danger and death arrive in the form of the mighty Roman forces, will Nara be able to choose her Beltane lover?

The Beltane Choice

Taken in the Night

 

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             Taken in the Night

Author: Tara Fox Hall
Genre: Mainstream/Paranormal Romance
Buy: Amazon    

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Samuel turned to Theo suddenly. When his kind blue eyes fell on Theo, they went frosty and chill as the North Sea. “Who are you?” he said gratingly, offering his hand to Theo.

“I’m Danial’s chief of security, Theo,” Theo said, taking his hand.

“You must have a last name?” Samuel said sarcastically.

“It’s McGarran,” Theo said without blinking, his blue eyes cold.

I stopped breathing for a moment, but managed not to gasp.

“Are you taking good care of your master’s lover?” Samuel said darkly in double meaning. “I assume that’s your job, keeping her safe from other men—”

Oh, sh**.

“I try my best,” Theo said, his smile not reaching his eyes, which were livid. “So far I’ve had no complaints, Sir, from—”

“I’m sorry, but we must be going,” I interrupted. “The night is waning, and we have a long way to travel. Lord, I thank you again for all your hospitality, on behalf of Danial and myself.”

“You’re most welcome, Lady,” Samuel said mildly, and then turned to meet Danial, who was coming back with Lander. “Adieu, Racklan. It was good to meet you.”

“And you,” Danial replied pleasantly. “Farewell. Come, Sar.”

He led me away to the waiting limo. Theo got Elle’s crate in first, and then we embarked. Theo growled to himself the whole way, holding my hand so tight he almost bruised me.

As we walked from the limo to the waiting aircraft, shots rang out. Theo immediately dropped the crate and fell to the ground, covering me with his body. Lander, who’d been last, threw himself down on Danial. Poor Elle in her crate began to yowl. Theo drew out his specially made weapon from his back, and fired over me. Someone screamed, and then more bullets thwacked the pavement by our bodies, making large smoking craters.

The men firing at us had guns like ours.

 

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Secrets in the Sand

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             Secrets in the Sand

Author: Alana Lorens
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary Romance
Buy: The Wild Press
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Lily Pearl joined one such discussion at the bar in the late morning early in December. No one was dressed yet, though she noticed since they’d discovered his true identity, the girls dressed more conservatively, and Gene dressed in a more casual style.

Maybe that was how they did things in South Florida .

Lily tiptoed into the room, not wanting to interrupt. She’d coaxed her hair up into a loose knot at the back of her head, tying it with a blue ribbon. She hadn’t worn her hair like that for years.

She felt ten years younger.

The lacy cotton dress with the full princess skirt helped, too.

The subject of the discussion seemed to be the effect of perfume on a man, from both a personal and professional point of view.

Vallie and Ruby stood behind the bar, the light reflecting from the glasses hung overhead creating little flashes of rainbow on their avid faces. Maisie and Inez perched on stools, one on either side of the man they plied with coffee and homemade biscuits with preserves, begging him to continue whenever he thought he was finished.

No Reins

An infatuation with a young man has driven Angel on to pursue the thrill of life at a standard-bred horse track.

Angie Skelhorn

Angel will never forget the first time she saw Stephen. He had come home with her brother, Tim. Tim trains race horses. Tim came home to grab a few items but that one brief moment was all Angel needed to know that she had fallen for Stephen. Angel ends up at the stables helping her brother. Unfortunately, Angel learns that Stephen has a girlfriend. Can Angel and Stephen find their happy ending?

No Reins

Duty: a novel of Rhynan

 

Rachel Rossano
Tomas Dyrease, Earl of Irvaine and the village of Wisenvale, owes his good fortune to his king and the recent civil war. When his benefactor demands Tomas marry the cousin of a noble, he obeys.

 

Brielle Solarius struggles to keep her village from starvation under the new Lord Wisten, her cousin. The men rode off to war and never returned. The remaining women and children face a dire winter if they do not find a solution soon. When she learns her cousin sold her into marriage to save his life, she isn’t surprised. However, she is taken aback by Lord Irvaine’s unpolished ways.

Duty: a novel of Rhynan

Detour Trail

Joy V. Smith

Westward bound on the Oregon Trail, Lorena Emerson is alone after her uncle is killed. Ignoring the wagon master's advice to go home, she rounds up others needing help, and they join a later wagon train, but down the trail, they leave that train; she's forging her own path again. And then she rescues Barrett Lee--with Gray Cloud's help. After this man from the wilderness recovers, he and the wolf leave--with a nudge from Lorrie. Will he return? Will these two independent people make room for each other?

Detour Trail

Valentine Special Delivery

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           Valentine Special Delivery

Author: Sharon Kleve
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary Romance
Buy: Amazon

Excerpt:

"You think you're pretty clever don't you? Just because I look and feel better than I have in months doesn’t mean I'll start dating again. So, don't get your hopes up."

She got her perfected stubborn look on her face and said, "There's a new restaurant that just opened up down the road. They serve a dozen different soups and sandwiches every day. Let's go there, okay?"

"Kimmy, I know that look. Let's have a nice lunch without you trying to set me up with the waiter."

"The waiter? No. I was thinking the manager."

            "Funny, Kimmy."

 

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Take Me Now

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             Take Me Now

Author: Nancy Jardine
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary Romance
Buy: Amazon

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“I do initial consultations for the expensive yachts and vessels we produce, at venues of the client’s choice, hence the need to travel so much. Ruaridh handles other negotiations here on Lanera.”

“Okay, got Gale Breakers.” Aela’s mumble came after Nairn rattled off the last details on Gale Breakers.

Another of Nairn’s companies used worldwide locations for providing extreme sporting experiences—water based ones like white water rafting, river tubing, canyoning and different kinds of bungee jumping.

“Adrenalinn Adventuring?” she asked, remembering the name from her initial searches.

Nairn nodded. An attempt to steeple his fingers failed and mild curses ensued when his arm cast slipped off the edge of the desk. His grumpy moans about his ineptitude made her smile. It was gratifying to know the guy could laugh at himself, and loosen up a bit, though Nairn Malcolm laughing at himself was just too unsettling.

“I’m impressed, Miss Cameron. How did you know that?”

Her answer was nonchalant. “A little internet research before coming to Lanera yesterday. Your companies have nice names, and sell exciting merchandise.”

Nairn’s tight smile acknowledged his appreciation of her compliment as she continued to jot.

Sh** Kickers & Stilettos

Rita Sawyer

Rosie Crestmont and Dade Sebastian are both surprised when her uncle leaves them his company, but the shock doesn't end there. His final wish is for them to move into his house together while they learn to run the company as a team. They both agree, but Rosie can't help wondering what her uncle is really up to. More importantly how is she supposed to live with the sexy stranger and focus on business?

Sh** Kickers & Stilettos

Dipping in a Toe

Linda Carroll-Bradd

Jessa Landers has a secret crush on her teens’ years-younger swim coach. A widow for three years, she’s managing her life and enjoys her freedom—except for the long, lonely evenings when she craves the attentions of an affectionate man.

Coach Rick Grant loves being a high school teacher and swim coach. Surrounded by families has him yearning for his own romantic connection—and his eye is on Jessa.

Will Jessa protect the balance of her family life, or take a second chance on love? 

Dipping in a Toe

A Kitchen Affair

Carol Preflatish

When culinary student Jenny Marshall struggles to pay her tuition, she decides to become a Personal Chef to make ends meet. When the most eligible bachelor in town, Derek James, has a crisis, he hires Jenny to cook for his party and there's chemistry from the start. Then, a manager at his company sets her sights on Derek and does everything she can to sabotage the relationship. What lengths will she go to in order to keep Derek and Jenny apart?

A Kitchen Affair